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Object Number 97-32-50/55244
Display Title Grass cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven plant fiber cloth, fringed, tassels along one edge, pieces have been cut away, folded
Classification
  • Fiber
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo / <State> / <County> / <City> / Pallaballa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall (Measurement folded): 23 × 15 × 0.8 cm (9 1/16 × 5 7/8 × 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55244
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. George W. Nash

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